​️Title: The 50 Year Argument [2014]
Also Known As: The 50 Year Argument
Rating ⭐️: 6.6 / 10
(6.6 based on 741 user ratings) | | 1h 37min |
Release Info: 29 / 1 / 2015 (Denmark)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States,🇬🇧 #United_Kingdom,🇯🇵 #Japan
Story Line: A documentary on the history and influence of the New York Review of Books.
Directors Martin Scorsese David Tedeschi
Stars Barbara Epstein W.H. Auden Isaiah Berlin Stephen Jay Gould Elizabeth Hardwick Václav Havel Robert Lowell

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​️Title: Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind [2020]
Also Known As: Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Rating ⭐️: 7.1 / 10
(7.1 based on 1645 user ratings) | TV-14 | 1h 40min |
Release Info: 5 / 5 / 2020 (United States)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary #Biography
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: Exploring Natalie Wood's life and career through the unique perspective of her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner, and others who knew her best.
Directors Laurent Bouzereau
Stars Natalie Wood Natasha Gregson Wagner Julie Salamon Robert Redford Mia Farrow Courtney Wagner Robert Wagner

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​️Title: Ailey [2021]
Also Known As: Ailey
Rating ⭐️: 6.7 / 10
(6.7 based on 298 user ratings) | PG-13 | 1h 35min |
Release Info: 23 / 7 / 2021 (United States)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary #Biography 📜 #History 🎶 #Music
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: An immersive portrait of dance pioneer Alvin Ailey, told through his own words and a new dance inspired by his life.
Directors Jamila Wignot
Stars Alvin Ailey Cicely Tyson Rennie Harris Robert Battle Darrin Ross Katherine Dunham Carmen De Lavallade

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​️Title: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry [2012]
Also Known As: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Rating ⭐️: 7.5 / 10
(7.5 based on 4527 user ratings) | 6 | 1h 31min |
Release Info: 14 / 6 / 2012 (Germany)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary
Language: #English, #Mandarin
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: A documentary that chronicles artist and activist Ai Weiwei as he prepares for a series of exhibitions and gets into an increasing number of clashes with the Chinese government.
Directors Alison Klayman
Writers Alison Klayman Jonathan Oppenheim
Stars Ai Weiwei Dan Ai Lao Ai Lee Ambrozy Danqing Chen Ethan Cohen Boyi Feng

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​️Title: Hopper/Welles [2020]
Also Known As: Hopper/Welles
Rating ⭐️: 7.2 / 10
(7.2 based on 225 user ratings) | | 2h 10min |
Release Info: 8 / 9 / 2020 (Italy)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States,🇵🇱 #Poland
Story Line: An intimate and revelatory 1970 conversation between two film giants, Dennis Hopper, then riding high on the massive success of Easy Rider (1969), and Orson Welles, ever the iconoclast and a
Directors Orson Welles
Stars Dennis Hopper Orson Welles Janice Pennington Glenn Jacobson Gary Graver

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​️Title: A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making [2018]
Also Known As: A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
Rating ⭐️: 7.2 / 10
(7.2 based on 246 user ratings) | | 0h 38min |
Release Info: 2 / 11 / 2018 (United States)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary #Short
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: A glimpse behind the scenes into the complicated process of recovering and completing the final film of legendary director Orson Welles.
Directors Ryan Suffern
Stars Frank Marshall Peter Bogdanovich Filip Jan Rymsza Ruth Hasty Mark Smirnoff Mo Henry Bob Murawski

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Seven DoCs on Orson Welles:

First:
https://t.me/DocsOnArtAndArtists/2369

Last:
https://t.me/DocsOnArtAndArtists/2383

#OrsonWelles
#DocsOnCinema
@DocsOnArtAndArtists

​️Title: The Battle Over Citizen Kane [1996]
Also Known As: The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Rating ⭐️: 7.7 / 10
(7.7 based on 1453 user ratings) | | 1h 48min |
Release Info: 30 / 6 / 1996 (Germany)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary #Biography 📜 #History
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also as a relative co
Directors Michael Epstein Thomas Lennon
Writers Richard Ben Cramer Thomas Lennon
Stars Richard Ben Cramer William Alland Thomas Anderson Peter Bogdanovich Jimmy Breslin Marion Davies Leonard de Paur

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​️Title: Becoming Mike Nichols [2016]
Also Known As: Becoming Mike Nichols
Rating ⭐️: 7.1 / 10
(7.1 based on 627 user ratings) | TV-14 | 1h 12min |
Release Info: 26 / 2 / 2016 (United States)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: Filmmaker Mike Nichols sits down with theater director Jack O'Brien to discuss his personal life and professional work.
Directors Douglas McGrath
Stars Ann-Margret Anne Bancroft Richard Burton Leslie Caron Dustin Hoffman Lee Marvin Elaine May

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​️Title: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am [2019]
Also Known As: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Rating ⭐️: 7.7 / 10
(7.7 based on 926 user ratings) | PG-13 | 2h 0min |
Release Info: 21 / 6 / 2019 (United States)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career.
Directors Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Stars Toni Morrison Hilton Als Oprah Winfrey Russell Banks Angela Davis Robert Gottlieb Walter Mosley

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​️Title: Frank Capra's American Dream [1997]
Also Known As: Frank Capra's American Dream
Rating ⭐️: 7.4 / 10
(7.4 based on 323 user ratings) | PG | 1h 55min |
Release Info: / / ()
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary #Biography 📜 #History
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: Ron Howard hosts a biography of the life and career of filmmaker Frank Capra, including interviews with the director's friends, colleagues and admirers.
Directors Kenneth Bowser
Writers Kenneth Bowser
Stars Ron Howard Robert Altman Jeanine Basinger Edward Bernds Frank Capra Jr. Tom Capra Allen Daviau

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​️Title: Boulevard! A Hollywood Story [2021]
Also Known As: Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Rating ⭐️: 6.9 / 10
(6.9 based on 236 user ratings) | | 1h 25min |
Release Info: 16 / 8 / 2021 (United States)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young songwriters and romantic partners, find themselves caught in movie star Gloria Swanson's web when she hires them to write a musical version of "
Directors Jeffrey Schwarz
Stars Muhammad Ali Steve Allen Brooke Anderson Julie Andrews Cari Beauchamp Stephen Bock Carol Burnett

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​️Title: Mia and Roman [1968]
Also Known As: Mia and Roman
Rating ⭐️: 6.4 / 10
(6.4 based on 173 user ratings) | | 0h 23min |
Release Info: / 7 / 1968 (United States)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary #Short
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: Shot during the making of "Rosemary's Baby". Features footage of Roman Polanski directing the film's cast on set.
Directors Hatami
Stars Lauren Bacall Sidney Blackmer Michael Caine John Cassavetes William Castle Joan Crawford Tony Curtis

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​️Title: Filming 'the Trial' [1981]
Also Known As: Filming 'The Trial'
Rating ⭐️: 7.4 / 10
(7.4 based on 186 user ratings) | | 1h 22min |
Release Info: 13 / 8 / 2005 (Switzerland)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: After a screening of 'The Trial' at the University of Southern California, Welles discussed with the public and tried to answer their questions.
Directors Orson Welles
Stars Scott Alexander Joseph McBride Todd McCarthy Myron Meisel Orson Welles Richard Wilson

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​️Title: The American West of John Ford [1971]
Also Known As: The American West of John Ford
Rating ⭐️: 7.2 / 10
(7.2 based on 292 user ratings) | Not Rated | 0h 52min |
Release Info: 5 / 12 / 1971 (United States)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary #Biography #Western
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: The Western films of iconic director John Ford are fondly remembered by stars James Stewart, Henry Fonda, and John Wayne, with whom he shoots a scene in Monument Valley.
Directors Denis Sanders
Writers David H. Vowell Dan Ford
Stars John Ford John Wayne James Stewart Henry Fonda Andy Devine Olive Carey Jeffrey Hunter

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​️Title: Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown [2016]
Also Known As: Jerry Lewis, clown rebelle
Rating ⭐️: 7.5 / 10
(7.5 based on 899 user ratings) | | 1h 1min |
Release Info: 18 / 6 / 2017 (France)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary #Biography 🤣 #Comedy 📜 #History
Language: #English, #French
Country of Origin: 🇫🇷 #France,🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown chronicles the remarkable life and genius work of one of the most iconic and incomparable comic performers and filmmakers of our time.
Directors Gregory Monro
Writers Gregory Monro
Stars Jerry Lewis Frank Krutnik Tony Lewis Comedian Ted Okuda Pierre Étaix Shaun Micallef Jonathan Rosenbaum

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​️Title: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché [2018]
Also Known As: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Rating ⭐️: 7.7 / 10
(7.7 based on 1111 user ratings) | 0 | 1h 43min |
Release Info: 5 / 8 / 2021 (Germany)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary #Biography 📜 #History
Language: #English, #French
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: Pamela B. Green's energetic film about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from me
Directors Pamela B. Green
Writers Pamela B. Green Joan Simon
Stars Jodie Foster Alice Guy Pamela B. Green Catherine Hardwicke Lorenzo di Bonaventura Howard Cohen Patty Jenkins

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​️Title: Public Speaking [2010]
Also Known As: Public Speaking
Rating ⭐️: 7.6 / 10
(7.6 based on 2324 user ratings) | | 1h 24min |
Release Info: 22 / 11 / 2010 (United States)
Genre: 🎞 #Documentary
Language: #English
Country of Origin: 🇺🇸 #United_States
Story Line: A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monologues with archival footage and the effec
Directors Martin Scorsese
Stars James Baldwin William F. Buckley Truman Capote Pau Casals Candy Darling Serge Gainsbourg Ivo Juhani

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